Yearly Archives: 2008

Exit the monkey

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Thomas Powell

It’s been a roller coaster year for my running. 8 PRs this year, including back-to-back 10 miler PRs (-10 minutes each time) and a PR by 55 minutes (3:39) at Flying Pig. Then came a rough showing (4:42) at the … Continue reading →

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"Ready" to "run" the Flying Monkey Marathon

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Thomas Powell

Well, I’m present for the Flying Monkey Marathon, at least. Met fellow RunningAhead.com members at the packet pickup… One of them asked me if me if I had driven the course yet. I said that I hadn’t, to which he … Continue reading →

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Taper madness – Enter the Monkey

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Thomas Powell

After quickly building up to 50 miles per week (+5 miles per week) for one week, I had an 80% and 60% week the last two weeks, and 14 miles this week on Monday and Tuesday. The goal? The Flying … Continue reading →

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Training paces based on 5 miler time

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Thomas Powell

It’s likely that many of my runs need to be slower. McMillan Running Calculator paces for a 37:05 5 mile race. Daniels 2nd edition training paces based on 37:05 for a 5-mile race: Related Posts Exit the Monkey, 2 years … Continue reading →

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A better 20 miler than last time

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Thomas Powell

Elevation chart: Got about a 10 am start, and temps today ended up warming up quite a bit faster than the last few days–no risk of frost this morning either. Still, the temperature was in the low 50s and sunny … Continue reading →

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